Patent · US Expired

Sequence controller

US4390966A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1980
Grant dateJun 28, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/25482
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sequence controller for parallel and other operations by way of mutual interlocking with other controllers is disclosed having flags which may be set and reset not only by predetermined user instructions therein but also by user instructions in another equivalent controller connected thereto by a common bus, and controlling the flags so that the statuses of the flags may be evaluated in accordance with predetermined user instructions and utilized as operational conditions.

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